This is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring dave robicheaux. It is also much more than that. The story begins with the shooting of two would-be looters in new orleans during hurricane katrina, and then follows a m...This is James Lee Burke's latest mystery featuring dave robicheaux. It is also much more than that. The story begins with the shooting of two would-be looters in new orleans during hurricane katrina, and then follows a motley group of characters - from street thugs to a big-time mob boss, from a junkie priest to a sadistic psychopath - as their stories converge on a cache of stolen diamonds, while the storm turns the big easy into a lawless wasteland of apocalyptic proportions.